Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24,255, Barzillai Fuller, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Fuller, Barzillai Mars
NUMBER
W. 24.255 B.L.Ht. 529-100
CONTENTS

9999 R
ex-2 Agt-
Maine
Marjilla Muller
of _____ in the state of who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Capen of the Maine  Maine line, for the term of 3 Years
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 of Oct 19 and sent to Judico Paris Wadsworth Maine
Arrears to 4th of Mar 19  83.56 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept 18  418
$ 533.56
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued
Notification sent to Thomas Clark Esq. 19 th Oct r 1890. Paris, Maine

Barzilla Fuller N o 9999-
not entitled

STATE OF MAINE.
begun and holden at Paris  Oxford ss. ss. At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas on the fourth  Tuesday of July within and for the county of Oxford  and by adjournment A. D. 1820 - before the Honorable day of
Judges of said Court.
On this 25th day of July in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said county of Oxford , Barzilla Fuller aged 69 years, resident in Upton in said county, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Isaac Pope in the Regiment commanded by Colonel William Shepherd in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 14th day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 1090 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particu- larly described below, also subscribed by me.
Barzilla Fuller
Sworn to and declared, on the 25th day of July A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Judah Dana
Judges of said Court.
SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the Subscriber, viz:—
Real estate to wit, 50 acres of land, a small house unfinished & one small barn - 1 Cow - 1 Ox - 1 Hog - 1 Yearling steer - House hold furniture valued at five Dollars -
Barzilla Fuller

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Barzilla Fuller - who by occupation am a farmer which I am unable to pursue by reason of my age & by a fall I received while in the service of my country -
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Mary my wife 70 years does but little & of a weakly & feeble constitution -   Elizabeth daughter 33 - feeble from a child  
Oxford ss. I Thomas Clarke Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said county of Oxford do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is two hundred ninety dollars and 00 cents $290.00
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 20th day of July - A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty -
Thomas Clarke Clerk of the Circuit Court of C. P. for said county of Oxford

Mass - 669
Mary n Sciller widow of Benjamin Sciller deceased who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 th Mar 18 and who died on the 8 th Aug st 1822 of Boston in the State of Mass who was a P er in the Compy commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg t commanded by Stephen in the Mass s line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 80 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1832
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Oct br 18 and signed A. K. Parris Purser
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept r $ 200.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 40.00 $ 240.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by R. B. Russell Clerk Book A Vol. 1 Page 9

8 (22) 1/6
Mary Fuller widow of Barzillai
me act 7 July 38.
married in 1786 Died in 1833.
adm 2 yrs pri 80 $
no deduction
A.K. Parris 2. Compt.

State of Maine
Oxford county ss
On this Sixth day of September in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty eight, personally appeared before me, Stephen Dunning, Judge of the Court of Probate, said County, it being a Court of Record, Mary Fuller a resident of Houlton in said County aged eighty seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed July 7 th 1838 entitled "an Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" That she is the widow of Bangillar Fuller, late of said Houlton deceased, who was a soldier of the Revolutionary War - that he served therein for many years and through several periods of service & was honorably discharged according to the best knowledge & belief of the applicant and that for these services the said Bangillar received a Pension from the Government of the United States; in the first instance, by the law of 1818. and

Secondly (having been struck from the Pension Rolls, by reason of her little property) by the law of 1820, to the records of which, in the Pension Office, she refers, for proof of this part of her declaration.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Paymaster Fuller on the twentieth day of July in the year of our Lord, seventeen  eighteen hundred & Eighty six at Wrington in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts by the Rev. Joseph Webb and that her husband, the aforesaid Paymaster Fuller died at said Nelson on the eighth day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty three that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred & ninety four, viz at the time above stated - and that she has remained a widow her unmarried ever since the death of her said husband.
Witness J. Emery
Mary
mark
Fuller
The word "Eighty" corrected - the word "Seventeen" interlined before signature.
Sworn to & subscribed, by the above named Mary Fuller the day & year first - above written.
Before
Stephen Emery, Judge
And I, the said Judge do hereby certify, that the said Mary Fuller, by reason of bodily infirmity is unable to attend personally in Court.
Stephen Emery, Judge

I Robert Fuller of Auburn in the County of Androscoggin State of Maine - aged forty nine years, on oath certify & say, that Borzillai Fuller, & Hannah Fuller, named in the foregoing application were my father & mother - that said Borzillai was a United States Pensioner - that he died on the eight day of August A.D. 1833, - that my said Mother, the said Hannah Fuller, has remained a widow & unmarried ever since his death
Robert Fuller Subscribed & sworn to by the above named Robert Fuller, a credible witness the day & year first named in the foregoing declaration
Before Stephen Emery, Judge as I have said
State of Maine
I, the undersigned Register of the Courts of Probate in & for said County, hereby certify, that Stephen Emery before whom the foregoing proceedings were had is Judge of the Courts of Probate aforesaid. I also certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Judge in the matter of the application of Mary Fuller for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this fourth day of October A.D. 1838
Levi Howells. Register.

I Charles C. ... Kingston in the County of Plymouth State of Massachusetts ... say that I am Town Clerk of said Town of Kingston and have in my custody the records of said Town.
In Book second page sixty nine under the head of Marriages, in any other I find the following names to wit:
Seventeen hundred and eighty six July twenty fifth with B. ... and ... immediately below is the following record ... names persons were married at the several times as
Kingston February ...
The foregoing is a true copy of the record with the exception of the ... which are expressed in the record in plain gible figures as follows:
1886 July 20 ... and immediately below Kingston February 19 1887
I further testify and say that from the record in my possession it appears that the above named Dept. Williams a settled Minister of the Gospel is now Town of Kingston at the above named dates.
Charles ... Town Clerk of Kingston
Plymouth County ss. on this eighteenth day of the next 1887 personally appeared Charles C. Farnum ... and subscribed & swore to the truth of the above certificate before me - & I certify that said Charles C. Farnum is Town Clerk of said Town of Kingston.
Edw. H. ...

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. Plymouth County }
I John B. Thomas, Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the said County of Plymouth do hereby certify, that Elihu Root Esquire before whom the foregoing certificate was sworn, was, on the day of certifying the same, a Justice of the Peace for said County of Plymouth, duly commissioned and qualified under the authority of said Commonwealth to administer oaths and take depositions. And that his signature subscribed to the Seal of the same certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this twentieth day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight.
John B. Thomas

I Borzillai Fuller a resident citizen of the United States American and inhabitant of Holbrook in the county of Ex- pend and State of Massachusetts, do hereby and say that on the first of May A.D. 1775 I enlisted into the army of the United States of America on the continental establish- ment for the term of eight months as a private soldier in Capt. David Root's North company, Col. Cotton's regiment and Gen. Thomas Gage in the Massachusetts line, which term of eight months I fully served without leaving the service. I then enlisted into the same company for the term of one year as a private soldier in which term of one year I also served when I was honorably discharged.
In February A.D. 1777 I again enlisted into the continental army of the United States in Capt. Isaac Dyer's company, Col. Dufresne's Reg't of Gen. Glencoe's Brigade, Artillery as a private soldier during the war and continued in said service until the fourth day of December A.D. 1783, when I received from Gen. George Washington an honorable discharge, since need not tell bid - I have then lately that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I stand in need of assistance from my country for which reason that I am not born on any new in list of the United States. Borzillai Fuller
We Jonathan Holmes of Holford in the county above said and Robert Fuller of Holbrook in said county do hereby and say that we served with the above named Borzillai Fuller in the continental service in the revolutionary war during the periods of eight months and of one year in the same company in which period the said Borzillai Fuller served as he has above stated. And I, the said Robert Fuller testify that I served also with the said Borzillai Fuller during his last mentioned service during the war and that the said Borzillai Fuller served during said last-mentioned period as he has above declared.
Jonathan Holmes Robert Fuller
Robert Fuller the witness is inscribed on the pension Roll, No. 5634

I, William Barrows of Hebron, in the State of Massachusetts do testify and say that I am personally acquainted with Baryllai Fuller, within named, and from the best of my knowledge and belief from his reduced circumstances in life he needs the assistance of his country for support -
W m Barrows
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FULLER, BARTILLAI (MASS.) W-24255
6/19/52

I Samuel Parris of Hebron in the County of Oxford and State of Massachusetts, testify and say, that in the year 1803, or 1804, I saw a regular discharge of Bangilla Fuller, of Hebron in the County of Oxford, from the United States service, as a soldier in the revolutionary war, and draw money on the credit of the same, in Boston due him for land al- lowed, for said service. Sam l Parris deponent further sayeth not
Oxford ss. February 24 th 1819. The aforesaid deponent sustains a good character as it respects truth and veracity, was examined and, cautioned, and sworn agreeable to oaths to the Deposition aforesaid by him subscribed. Alexander Greenwood Justice of the Peace

The Deposition of William Chalmers

I William Chipman of Helder in the County of Rensselaer and State of Massachusetts, testify and say, that I joined the fourth Regiment commanded by Colonel Henry Jackson. In December 1782 I found Barzillai Fuller in said Regiment, and was knowing to said Fuller in the said Regiment until the time of his discharge, when said Fuller was discharged with the Furlough was given.
W m Chipman
Recorded, February 17 th 1819. The aforesaid William Chipman, the deponent, sustains a good character as it respects truth and veracity, was examined and subscribed, and sworn, as well to the truth of the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed.
Before me Alexander Greenwood Justice of the Peace
FULLER, BARZILLAI (MASS.) W-24255

Rizilla Fuller Private
Collins Reg d Bp d B d M d d r ne.
14 April 1818.
Bolm d
By one moment, attention to the additional proof within, I think Mr. Edwards will be satisfied that the case is well supported. A.K. Parris Baptist Minister
FULLER, RAKZILLAI (MASS.) W-24255

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the fourteenth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Barzillai Fuller the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence The affidavits of Jonathan Holmes and Robert Fuller, fellow soldiers with him in the revolutionary war, made & signed in my presence. also the affidavit of William Bonner, relative to the applicant's circumstances in life, all which are herewith annexed.
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Barzillai Fuller the applicant, served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my Official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Albion H. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.
And I do further certify that it has been proved to my satisfaction that the above named Barzillai Fuller , in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his country for support -
Albion H. Parris U.S. Dist. Judge etc

United States of America District of Maine - } S
She within named Barzilla Fuller having produced to me the official certificate of the Secretary of the State of Massachusetts, and the depositions of Jonathan Holmes and Robert Fuller, all which are herewith annexed, which proof establishes the claim of this applicant beyond a doubt I have thought it proper to forward the further proof and the original application
Albion H. Parris U.S. Dist Judge

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Bazillia Guller a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. M. Ill 24255.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1775 1 yr. 5 mos. Private Col. Nathaniel Col. Cotton Mass.   July 1777 Brave Capt. Richard   March 1783 Colonel Simon Pennock Henry Jackson  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓
Date of application for pension, All in 1838. Widow's pension allowed.
Residence at date of application, Waltham, Mass.
Age at date of application, sixty-seven years.
Remarks: Widow was married at Kingston, Mass. July 20, 1786. Mary died at Waltham, Mass. Aug. 8, 1833, and she was allowed pension on her application Sept. 6, 1838, while 87 yrs. of age & a resident of Waltham, Mass. Saw her at 84 yrs. of age in 1832 - and at 87 yrs. of age.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Key WIDOW, &c.
1906 Oct. 10 History to Mrs. H. Fuller, letter in S.F. 35332 Robert Fuller -
File No. 24255
Mary Fuller wid of Barzillia Fuller Dun Mass Line
Act July 7 th 38
Index: Vol A Page 259
[Arrangement of 1870.]

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT, March 12 th 1819
BY THIS I CERTIFY, That it appears by public, official documents remaining in this Department, that Barzillai Fuller served as a Soldier in Capt. Pope's Company, and Col. Shepard's Regiment, (being one of the Regiments in the Massachusetts Line, and on the Continental Establishment,) in the American Army, in the War of the Revolution, from Jany 22 — 1777 to Decr. 31 — 1781, being three years and eleven months & eight days; that he enlisted for during the war ; & that the records in this office are not later than the close of 1780. Abner Bradford Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The said Fuller has heretofore produced evidence to this Dept. to entitle him to the Bounty or Gratuity allowed by this State - which was given only to such as enlisted for during the war & were honorably discharged . A. Bradford Secy. of Comt.

I, Barzillai Fuller of Hebron in the county of Oxford and State of Massachusetts, do testify and say, that I was in the continental service in the revolutionary war, in all, upwards of eight years. In February A.D. 1777, I enlisted to serve during the war as a private soldier in Capt. Isaac Pops company, Col. Shephard's Regiment, Gen. Clowes' Brigade in the Massachusetts line, in which Company I served until November A.D. 1883. About eighteen months of the last part of the time, I did compulsory duty and was honorably discharged as such. My discharge was signed by Gen. George Washington and given me at New Windsor in the State of New York. My discharge I sent to the City of Washington by a gentleman whose name was Poor, in order to get my land, and I have never seen it since and presume it was accidentally lost. Most of this period was served in the State of New York. Col. Shephard commanded the Regiment at the time of my enlistment, and Col. Jackson when I was discharged.
Barzillai Fuller
United States of America District of Maine ss - }
Personally appeared Barzillai Fuller, above named, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit
Before me
Alcibiades L. Parsons U.S. District Judge

N o 529.
Barzillai Fuller, a corporal in the late Massachusetts Line.
Warrant issued under date of October 26 th 1810 in favor of David Jewett Poor Esquire, and delivered to him.

To all People to whom these presents shall come, Greeting. Know ye that I Barzilla Fuller of Rebrons in the County of Oxford and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Yeoman, For and in consideration of the sum of fifty dollars to me in hand paid by David J. Poor of Cincin- nati in the County of Hamilton and State of Ohio, Innholder do hereby remise, release and forever quit claim to him the said David J. Poor his heirs and assigns, all the right, title, interest, or pretensions, the said Barzilla Fuller have of one hundred acres of land lying in the State of Ohio, to all County I am intitled by virtue of a Discharge from under the hand of George Washington Esquire General and commander in chief of the forces of the United States of America, for service as a Soldier in the fourth Massachusetts Regiment, for the term of six years & three months as appears by my discharge. To have and to hold the above remised, released and quit claimed premises to him the said David J. Poor his heirs and assigns forever, without any manner of reclaim, challenge or contradiction by or from me the said Barzilla Fuller my heirs, executors or ad- ministrators, or any other person or persons in mine or their names right or stead. In Witness whereof I the said Barzilla Fuller have hereunto set my hand and seal this fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ten, and thirty fourth year of the independence of the united States of America. Signed, sealed and Delivered in presence of of Seth Morse Joseph Root
Barzilla Fuller

Oxford ss. Paris September 5th, 1810. Person- ally appeared the within named Barrillai Fuller and acknowledged the within instru- ment to be his free act and deed, before me, Joseph Rust, Justice of the Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Oxford ss.
I, the subscriber, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said county of Oxford, do hereby certify that Joseph Rust, above named is a Justice of the Peace within and for the county of Oxford, duly authorized to administer oaths and certify the same and to receive and certify the acknowledgment of instruments - and that I have seen the said Rust write, and that I have no doubt but that the certificate purporting to be made by said Rust is his hands writing
Clerk's office Sept. 7. 1810
Cyrus Paine
Paris J. P. Barrillai Fuller

489
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
No. of original papers 489 TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Augt. 2. 1828
Barzillai Fuller of Hebron in the County of Oxford in the State of Maine has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Corporal in captain Larned 's company, in Col. Jackson's  Massachusetts line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing .
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. D. King.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
9th August 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Barzillai Fuller in the Massachusetts line
It further appears that Barzillai Fuller is now on the pension list of the Massachusetts agency, and has been so since the 3d March 1826 at the rate of  eighty dollars per month.
John Hagner Audr
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Josephine Fuller application for ad. Lindsey
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Act 1829
Settled at
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File #24/255.
Signature

In the purpose of obtaining the benefit of An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the Army of the Revolution approved on the 15th of May 1820. I, Barzilla Fuller of Hobson in the county of Oxford & State of Maine, do hereby declare that I enlisted into the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the war and continued in its service until its termination; at which period I was a Captain in Captain Simons Frenchs Company in Col. Henry Jackson Regiment of Massachusetts Line. I further declare that by the above mentioned service, I concluded I was entitled to a certificate for the sum of eighty dollars under a resolution of Congress passed the fifteenth day of May 1778 - which certificate I do not now recollect of ever receiving unless it was a paper which I then received and which I now suppose to have been my discharge and which I sold about twenty years ago to one Poor who came into this county to purchase soldiers claims to land in the western country.
And I further declare that I was not on the fifteenth day of March 1820. on the Pension list of the United States
Witness my hand & seal Barzilla Fuller Lemuel Crocker
his Barzilla
Fuller mark

Before me Samuel T. Brown Esquire one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the County of Oxford & State of Maine personally appeared Samuel Crocker & Joseph Hutchinson both of Hebron in said County who did severally make oath that Betsy Hallie by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reported & believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated.
Samuel Crocker Joseph Hutchinson
Witness my hand this twenty sixth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty eight
Samuel T. Brown

I Jonathan Holmes of Hartford in the County of Oxford and State of Maine, testify and say that I have heard the statement of Sargt. Fuller, made on the other page of this paper, read to me in my hearing and that I am well knowing to the truth of the same so far as respecting to his statement of service in the army, being a fellow soldier with said Fuller Fuller during the war as is there stated, for a great part of the time; having myself enlisted for and during the war and served to the close thereof and was discharged while a sergeant in the Company commanded by John Mother of Col. Rufus Britton Regiment —
I further say that I do not recollect of receiving any particular certificate for the reward of eighty dollars for my said services, only it was my certificate of discharge which I now think contained a fact of that kind; but having having several years ago, sold that certificate to a man by the name of Poon, I cannot now state precisely its tenor —
The orders which I enlisted under were for & during the war; but those under which the S. Fuller enlisted, I believe were for three years or during the war , but I believe it was then considered the same thing. I will know that the said Fuller was always considered as a soldier during the war & that he served to the end of it —
Jonathan Holmes
State of Maine County of Oxford July 2 d 1878
Then the above named Jonathan Holmes to me well known as a man of truth made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me Samuel F. Dorr. Justice of the Peace

I Rufus H Goodnow Clerk of the Court of the County of Oxford in the State of Maine, do hereby certify that Samuel F. Brown Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit were sworn, was at the time a Justice of the Peace & duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court this eighth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty eight
R. Goodnow, Clerk

State of Massachusetts.
Oxford ss.
I The subscriber, Clerk of the judicial courts in said county, hereby certify, that Thomas Clark named in the papers annexed, is and was at the time of his signature therein, a magistrate acting under the authority of said State, duly authorized to administer oaths and affirmations, and that full faith and credit are to be given to his official acts. Witness my hand and the seal of said county April 10th. A.D. 1819.
Thomas Clark

I Jonathan Holmes of Hartford in the County of Oxford and State of Massachusetts on oath declare, that I was in the Continental service in the revolutionary war, upwards of eight years, in all. In 1777 I enlisted to serve during the war and served in Capt. Trotter's, Capt. Gates, Capt. White's company all in the fifth Massachusetts Regiment, commanded by Col. Rufus Putnam, until the eleventh of June 1783, when I received an honorable discharge. I was discharged from Capt. Trotter's company. The first part of this period I served as a private, the next part as a corporal, & the last as a Sergeant, & was discharged as such. In this period of service I was well ac- quainted with Borzillai Fuller of Hobson in said County & as I served with him in the same company during what was called the 8 months, & the year's service, I was more frequent- ly in his company with him. I often saw said Fuller in said service during this period of a little more than six years and know that he was enlisted to serve during the war. I do not recollect in what company or Regiment he served. Jonathan Holmes
I Robert Fuller of Hobson in said County testify and say that I was in the continental service in the Revolutionary war, besides other periods, from March 1777 to June 1783, in Capt. Isaac Dyer's company, Col. Shepherd's Regiment (Col. Jedson commanded it when I was discharged) Gen. Glore's Brigade

at first, Gen Patterson's Brigade when I was discharged, in the Massachusetts line. I served as a private soldier. And I further testify that Borzillai Fuller none of said Hobson served with me in the same company as a private soldier during the whole of this period and was honorably discharged. The first of his service he was a private, the last, a corporal.
Robert Fuller
Oxford ss. Feb. 19. A.D. 1819. Personally appeared the above named Jonathan Holmes and Robert Fuller whose character we good for truth, veracity, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by them severally subscribed
Before me Thomas Clark Jus. Pacis.

By His Excellency GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq. General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Power Corporal Barzillai Totten in the Fourth Massachusetts Regiment, having faith- ly served the United States Six Years & Three Months and being enlisted for the War only, thereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the
Sim P. [Signature]
By His Excellency's
Command,
Thunbuller [Signature]
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
J. M. Davis, Adjutant
THE above Corporal Barzillai Totten has been honored with the BADGE OF MERIT for Years faithful Service. Sim P. [Signature]
Saml. [Signature] Box [Signature] Box [Signature]

HEAD-QUARTERS, June 8 — 1783.
THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on Furlough.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Secretary's Office Boston Jan y 20 1801
These Certify That Bartillai Fuller has received the benefit of the Resolves of the Legislature of this Commonwealth and this Discharge is delivered by their direction
John. Avery Secy.
REGISTERED in the Post
Bartillai Fuller (Mass) N. L. H. 529-100
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